...Caroline procured the advice of the first physicians ; but, alas ! what could they do ? Could they " minister to a mind diseased," or " pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow I" It was beyond their power ; they could only recommend change of air, change. of scene, and occupations....

...obliterate, and medicine can never heal: For where is that soothing power, that skillful hand, that" can minister to a mind diseased, or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ?" Religion—the religion of Jesus Christ—can alone do this: In that divine, that only true religion,...

...a broken heart, exhibiting a striking exemplification of those mournfully apposite lines — " What can minister to a mind diseased, . Or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ? " His title and estates were inherited by his grandson, from whom they descended in an uninterrupted...

...despondency about his future, both in this life and in the next. There was nothing now that could " minister to a mind diseased," or " pluck from the memory a rooted terror." Mrs. Unwin had become a confirmed invalid. She was no longer the companion, however dull,...

...attentions of his medical attendant would have done little for the recovery of Percy Wyndham ; for who can minister to a mind diseased, or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ?" "My dear young lady," said the doctor, "you are casting an undue slight on the profession. We prescribe...

...rod, which she cooks ; so that as far as creature comforts go, I know no wants ; but they cannot " ' Minister to a mind diseased, Or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow.' " His guest's sensibilities were never so touched as by the morbid acuteness of feeling at times displayed...

...the ills of our common humanity, and hurl them into the depths of oblivion ; can their cold dogmas " minister to a mind diseased, or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow," or shed one ray of heavenly light on earth's darkness and ignorance Î If men would only begin to think,...

...dig deep beneath this earth seeking a profounder Hades. There comes a time when Nature and Art cannot minister to a mind diseased, or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow — when Nature seems itself a lie, and Art but the gaudy masking of a skeleton. The sonnet just quoted...

...happenings as the Crawling Order, the mind only re-echoes Shakespeare's despairing plaint : " Canst thou minister to a mind diseased Or pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ?" At the moment of writing these lines a new Viceroy, who is both an able and a good man, is entering...

...period following the Civil Wars in England. Also it is well to remember that the old physic could 'not minister to a mind diseased,' or 'pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow,' or 'cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of the perilous stuff that weighs upon the heart.' Thus for health's...